The third edition of the Career Development Workshop for Junior Professional Officers (JPOs) and Associate Experts (AEs) in Geneva will take place on the 25th and the 26th of October 2010.

From 21 to 23 September, UNITAR in cooperation with the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the African Union implemented a training workshop in Addis Ababa to the benefit of diplomats accredited to the African Union as well as staff members of the African Union Commission. Some thirty participants took part in this training event that was delivered in French.

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) featured UNOSAT map on Pakistan flood in its CERN Bulletin (number 40 – 41) and Mr.

This September 4 2010, UNITAR became the newest UN institution to become a member of UN Water during the coordinating platform’s thirteenth meeting.  Joining the platform will provide UNITAR with the opportunity to coordinate its capacity development, research and training activities on water and sanitation with other UN institutions as well as add value to the platform in a number of ways.

11 - 15 October 2010, Lomé, Togo. CIFAL Ouagadougou in partnership with the National Association of Local Authorities of Togo (UCT) will organize a Training of Trainers session for a second time.

Several provinces in central Vietnam are being affected by torrential rains with an average rainfall of 300 to 800 mm according to reports received from UNDP Country Office. On 07 October UNOSAT humanitarian rapid mapping service was activated at the request of the UN country office in Vietnam to provide accurate geographic information on the extent of the flooding and its impact.

The work done by UNOSAT at the height of the crisis in Kyrgyzstan has been used widely in human rights verifications. This confirms one of the early methodological innovations brought about by the UNOSAT team: prolonging the useful life of satellite derived information beyond the emergency phase.